List of Old Bedford Modernians explained
The following is a list of some notable Old Bedford Modernians who are former pupils of Bedford Modern School in Bedford, England. At the school, alumni are known as OBMs.[1] The Old Bedford Modernians' Club was founded in 1892.[1]
Academia
- Sir William Augustus Tilden FRS (1842–1926), Chemist & Dean, Royal College of Science, London[2] [3]
- Professor Joseph Reynolds Green FRS FLS (1848–1914), Professor of Botany to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain[4] [5] [6]
- Professor William Hillhouse FLS (1850–1910), first Professor of Botany at the University of Birmingham[3] [7]
- Edward Mann Langley (1851–1933), founded the Mathematical Gazette, created Langley's Adventitious Angles[3] [8]
- William Robert Bousfield FRS (1854–1943), chemist[3] [9]
- Professor John Holland Rose FBA (1855–1942), Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge[3] [10]
- George Charles Crick FGS FRGS FZS (1856–1917), geologist, authority on Cephalopoda, 1st Assistant at the Natural History Museum[11]
- Arthur John Pressland FRSE (1865–1934), educational theorist, linguist, schoolmaster and writer[3] [12]
- George James Gibbs FRAS (1866–1947), astronomer, engineer, inventor and public science lecturer[3] [13]
- Professor Richard John Durley MBE (1868–1948), Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University (1901–12)[14] [15] [16]
- Edward Augustine Lowe Laxton MBE (1869–1951), expert on fruit production (Laxton's Superb)[3]
- Professor Henry Payne FRAeS M.Inst.C.E. (1871–1945), Professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne[17] [18]
- Jannion Steele Elliott (1871–1942), ornithologist[19] [20]
- Dr Eric Temple Bell (1883–1960), mathematician who specialised in number theory and formulated the Bell series[21] [22]
- Sir Charles Oatley OBE FRS FREng (1904–1996), pioneered the development of the scanning electron microscope[3] [23] [24]
- Dr. G. C. Dunning D.Lit FSA (1905–1978), pioneering medieval archaeologist, authority on Anglo-Saxon and medieval ceramics[25] [26]
- Professor William Francis Grimes CBE (1905–1988), Professor of Archaeology, University of London (1956–1973)[3] [27]
- Reverend Francis MacCarthy Willis Bund (1906–1980), Chaplain, Dean and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford[3]
- Dr D. C. Riddy CBE (1907–1979), Controller-General of the Education Branch, Control Commission for German – British Element[3]
- F. G. Emmison MBE FSA FRHistS (1907–1995), archivist, author and historian[3] [28]
- Professor John Roach (1920–2015), historian[29]
- Professor Ramsay Shearman DSc FReng FIET FRMetS FIEEE (1924–2019), pioneer in shortwave radio and radar[30]
- Professor Brian Glüss FRSS (1930–2013), statistician, mathematician, systems engineer, author and expert on survivor guilt[31]
- Professor John Richard Anthony Pearson FRS FIMMM MIChemE (born 1930), pioneer in fluid mechanics[32]
- Professor David John Bartholomew FBA (1931–2017), Professor of Statistics at the LSE (1973–96)[33] [34]
- Professor Philip Bean (born 1936), Professor of Criminology at Loughborough University, former President of the British Soc. of Criminology[35]
- Professor George Richard Pickett FRS (born 1939), Professor of Low Temperature Physics at Lancaster University[36] [37]
- Professor Sid Gray PhD FASSA FCCA (born 1942), Professor at the University of Sydney Business School[38]
- Professor Richard Hugh Britnell FBA (1944–2013), Professor of History at Durham University[39] [40]
- Sir Peter Knight FRS (born 1947), Professor of quantum optics at Imperial College London[41] [42]
- Professor Stephen Wildman (born 1951), Professor of the History of Art at Lancaster University[36]
- Dr. Roger Geoffrey Clarke (1952–2007), ornithologist, world authority on harriers and other birds of prey[43]
- Professor Barry H.V. Topping MBCS MICE MIStructE MIMechE FIMA (born 1952), authority and author on computational mechanics[44]
- Professor Stephen Taylor (born 1953), Professor of Finance at Lancaster University[36]
- Professor Richard Charles Murray Janko (born 1955), Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan[33]
- Professor Brian Derby FIMMM (born 1956), Professor of Materials science at Manchester University[36]
- Professor Gavin D'Costa (born 1958), Professor in Catholic Theology at the University of Bristol[45] [46]
- Professor Tom Inns (born 1965), Director of Glasgow School of Art (2013–2018)
- Professor Nick Groom FRSA (born 1966), Professor of English Literature at the University of Macau and author
- Professor Tony Claydon (born 1967), Professor of Early Modern History at Bangor University, Wales
- Dr Peter David Wothers MBE FRSC (born 1969), chemist and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge[47]
- Professor Ben McFarlane (born 1976), Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford[48]
Actors, directors and entertainers
- E. E. Blake (1879–1961), pioneering exhibitor of motion pictures and owner of cinemas[33] [49] [50]
- Harrish Ingraham (1881–?), Hollywood film director, writer and actor in the era of silent movies[51]
- Gillie Potter (1887–1975), comedian and broadcaster[33] [52] [53]
- Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935), playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood (Cavalcade, The World Moves On)[33] [54]
- Robert Luff CBE (1914–2009), theatrical agent and producer (The Black and White Minstrel Show)[55] [56]
- Derek Scott (1921–2006), double act (with Terry-Thomas and Tony Hancock) and music director (The Muppet Show)[57]
- David Tringham (1935–2022), film director (Lawrence of Arabia, Highlander, )[58]
- Hugh Armstrong (1944-2016), actor (How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Death Line)[59]
- David Firth (born 1945), actor (Casualty, Midsomer Murders), screenwriter (Home James!), singer (original cast of Phantom of the Opera)[60]
- John Sessions (1953–2020), actor (Gangs of New York, The Iron Lady, Filth), comedian and broadcaster (QI)[61]
- Julian Hector (born 1960), head of the BBC Natural History Unit[62]
- Saul Nassé (born 1965), producer for the BBC (Tomorrow's World)[63] [64]
- Russell Barnes (born 1968), television producer (The Enemies of Reason, The Genius of Charles Darwin)[36]
- David Jubb (born 1970), theatre director and chief executive of the Battersea Arts Centre[65] [66]
- Russell Howard (born 1980), comedian and presenter (Russell Howard's Good News)[67] [68] [69]
- Leon Parris (born 1981), writer, composer, musician and actor (Wolfboy)[70]
- Jeremy Irvine (born 1990), UK and Hollywood actor (War Horse, Now Is Good, Great Expectations, The Railway Man)[71]
- Sope Dirisu (born 1991), stage, television and film actor[72]
- Suhani Gandhi (born 1994), model and actress[73]
Adventurers, aviators, exiles and prisoners of war
- John Percy Farrar DSO FGS (1857–1929), mountaineer, President of the Alpine Club, Member of the Mount Everest Committee[74] [75] [76]
- Sir Reginald Wolseley, 10th Baronet (1872–1933), dubbed the elevator baronet[77] [78] [79]
- Captain and Bimbashi Henry Haymes SBStJ MRCS LRCP (1872–1904), surgeon, an original explorer of the Bahr-el-Ghazal[80]
- George E.M. Kelly (1878–1911), early aviator in the Aeronautical Division, US Signal Corps[81]
- Captain Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh (1879–1916), Antarctic explorer, commander of the Ross Sea party expedition[3]
- W.A.B. Goodall (1880–1941), castaway, described as 'the ruler of the world's tiniest kingdom': Pulau Sarimbun, Straits of Johore[82]
- Duncan Mackintosh, 31st Chattan (1884–1966), 31st Chief of Clan Chattan (1942–66)[83]
- Wilfrid Thomas Reid FRAeS (1887–1968), aircraft designer and pioneer of the Canadian aircraft industry[84]
- P.C.B. Newington (1888–1964), author of a cookbook celebrating Malaysian food, conceived while starving as a prisoner of war[85]
- Frederick Williamson CIE (1891–1935), explorer, founder member of the Himalayan Club[86]
- Captain Richard 'Dick' Howe MBE MC (1916–1981), Escape Officer at Colditz Castle during World War II (1942–1945)[87] [88]
- Desmond 'Dizzy' de Villiers AFC (1922–1976), chief test pilot at de Havilland and English Electric[84]
Architecture, art and design
- Josiah Conder (1852–1920), architect who designed the Rokumeikan and other public buildings in Tokyo[33]
- Henry John Sylvester Stannard RBA FRSA (1870–1951), watercolour artist[33] [89]
- Sydney Morgan Eveleigh (1870-1947), architect in Vancouver[90]
- Major Hugh Patrick Guarin Maule DSO MC FRIBA (1873–1940), architect (Royal Veterinary College in London)[91]
- George Loraine Stampa (1875–1951), artist, contributor to Punch and other illustrated papers and magazines[33] [92] [93]
- Walter Stonebridge FRIBA (1879–1962), Diocesan Architect for Ely, St Albans and Bedford[94]
- Algernon Winter Rose MC (1885–1918), architect[95] [96]
- Kenneth Alexander (1887–1975), photographer for United Artists, Samuel Goldwyn Productions and 20th Century Studios[97]
- Robert Tor Russell CIE DSO (1888–1972), Chief Architect to the Government of India[98] [99]
- Thomas Francis Ford FRIBA (1891–1971), Diocesan Architect for Southwark and a translator of the New Testament[100]
- Alexander Girard (1907–1993), textile designer and interior architect[101]
- Victor Farrar RIBA PPFAS FRSA (1930–2007), architect[102]
- Dennis Sharp (1933–2010), architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor[103]
- Peter Forster (1935–2021), wood engraver[104]
- Steve Gibbons (born 1956), graphic designer[105]
- Alex Chinneck MRSS (born 1984), installation artist[106]
Armed forces
Air Force
- Wing Commander George Marshall Griffith (1877–1946), Commandant of the Royal Flying Corps in India[107]
- Brigadier-General Percy Robert Clifford Groves CB CMG DSO (1878–1959), Air Strategist[108] [109]
- Air Vice-Marshal Robert Dickinson Oxland CB CBE (1889–1959), Group Commander in Bomber Command (1943–44)[108] [110]
- Air Commodore Edye Rolleston Manning CBE DSO MC (1889–1957), senior officer in the Royal Air Force[111] [112] [113]
- Air Commodore Charles Henry Elliott-Smith AFC (1889–1994), senior officer in the Royal Air Force[114]
- Major H.D. Harvey-Kelly DSO (1891–1917), Squadron Commander, Royal Flying Corps[115] [116]
- Captain John Ellis Langford Hunter DSC DFC (1897–1971), World War I flying ace[117]
- Group Captain Robert Cecil Dawkins CBE (1903–1985), Station Commander at RAF Tengah and RAF Hendon[118]
- Air Commodore I. J. Fitch (1903–1944), deputy director of Intelligence at the Air Ministry[119]
- Wing Commander Ernest Leslie 'Johnny' Hyde DFC (1914–1942), senior officer in the Royal Air Force[120]
- Squadron Leader Roland Anthony 'Tony' Lee Knight DFC (1917–1941), World War II flying ace[121]
Army
- Major-General Francis John Fowler CB DSO (1864–1939) Commander of the Derajat Brigade (1914–16)[122] [123]
- Major-General Charles Astley Fowler CB CSI DSO (1865–1940), Brigade Commander at the Battle of Loos, 1915[122] [124]
- Brigadier-General Sir Arthur Long KBE CB CMG DSO (1866–1941), Director of Transport and Supplies, Macedonia and The Black Sea[125] [126] [127]
- Colonel Reginald Ruston CB (1867–1963), commander of the Mounted infantry of the Devon Regiment (1891–1903)[125] [128]
- Major R.T. Anwyl-Passingham OBE DL JP (1867–1926), Commander of the 72nd Punjabis, High Sheriff of Merionethshire[129] [130]
- Lieutenant-General Gerald Robert Poole CB CMG DSO (1868–1937), Commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery[131] [132]
- Lt.-Col. Charles Forbes Buchan CBE OStJ (1869–1954), Deputy Assistant Director at the War Office during WW1[133] [134] [135]
- Colonel Ernest Clive Atkins CB TD DL JP (1870–1953), Commander of the 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment, High Sheriff of Leicestershire[36] [136] [137]
- Lt.-Col. Robert Haymes DSO (1870–1942), first to establish an OP at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle[138]
- Lt.-Col. C. A. Keatinge Johnson (1870–1937), senior officer in the First Australian Imperial Force[139] [140]
- Major-General Herbert William Jackson CB CSI DSO (1872–1940), Officer of the British Indian Army[141] [142]
- Major George Godfrey Massy Wheeler VC (1873–1915), was a recipient of the Victoria Cross[143]
- Lt.-Col. Arthur Charles Rothery Nutt DSO (1873–1946), inventor of the artillery miniature range[144]
- Lt.-Col. R. E. Power DSO (1874–1956), Commander of the 1st and 2nd Battalion of the Buffs[145]
- Major-General Charles Howard Foulkes CB CMG DSO (1875–1969), Britain's chief adviser on gas warfare[146]
- Brigadier-General Herbert Cecil Potter CB CMG DSO (1875–1964)[147]
- Lieutenant Charles Carroll Wood (1876–1899), first Canadian born Officer to die in the Second Boer War[148] [149]
- Colonel Charles Temple Morris CBE (1876–1956), Commander of the 5th Battalion of the 1st Punjab Regiment between 1921 and 1926[150] [151]
- Lt.-Col. James Knox DSO&bar (1878–1918), Battalion Commander, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1915–18[152] [153]
- Brigadier-General Herbert Dobbin CBE DSO (1878–1946), Colonel-Commandant, Iraq Levies, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry[154] [155]
- Brigadier-General Arthur Turner CB CMG DSO (1878–1952), Cricketer, rugby union player and soldier[156] [157]
- Colonel Wilfrid Stanley Richmond CMG MICE (1881–1962), deputy director of Roads in the BEF during World War I[158] [159] [160]
- Lt.-Col. Henry Cecil Prescott CMG CIE (1882–1960), Inspector of Police in Iraq[161] [162]
- Colonel Guy Sutton Bocquet CIE VD FRSA (1882–1961), ADC to the Viceroy of India[163] [164] [165]
- Lt.-Col. Archibald Alderman Chase DSO (1884–1917), Commander of the 8th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment[166] [167]
- Brigadier Harold Evelyn William Bell Kingsley CIE DSO (1885–1970), Aide-de-Camp to King George VI[168]
- Lt.-Col. Charles Harvey-Kelly DSO (1885–1982), Military Attache in Kabul (1924-6)[108] [169]
- Lieutenant-General Reginald Dawson Hopcraft Lough DSO OBE (1886–1958), Aide-de-camp to King George VI[108] [170]
- Lt.-Col. A.E.F. Fawcus DSO MC TD (1886–1936), Commander, 1/5th North Staffordshire Regiment, 1/5th Sherwood Foresters[171] [172] [173]
- Lt.-Col. W. F. Jackson OBE MC&Bar TD (1886–1964), Signals Liaison Officer to the US Army HQ in the UK during World War II[174]
- Major George Croxton Walker OBE MC TD (1888–1936)[175] [176]
- Major Edward Crozier Creasy (1888–1936), senior liaison Officer during the Upper Silesia Plebiscite (1920–21)[177] [178]
- Captain Wynn Bagnall MC (1890–1931), Canadian Field Artillery, model for a statue by James Fraser in Winnipeg, Manitoba[179] [180]
- Lt.-Col. Melville Ten Broeke MC&bar (1891–1963), commander of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment[181]
- Major-General L.A. Hawes CBE DSO MC DL (1892–1986), Commanded the transport to France of the BEF during World War I[182]
- Brigadier W.C.V. Galwey OBE MC&bar (1897–1977), Senior Officer who served in World War I and World War II[183]
- Col. F. H. Willasey Wilsey MC (1898–1971), Senior Liaison Officer to the Afghan delegation during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II[184]
- Brigadier Ernest Dynes CBE (1903–1968), Aide-de-camp to HM Queen Elizabeth II (1955–57)[185]
- Brigadier Thomas Henry Scott Galletly DSO&bar MC (1905–1972), Commander of the 1st Brigade, Arab League
- Major Colin Leo Bliss (1907–1944), pioneer of operational parachuting[186] [187]
- Major-General Reginald Booth Stockdale CB CMG OBE (1908–1979) Colonel Commandant, REME[108] [188]
- Lt.-Col. Edward Peter Fletcher Boughey OBE (1911–1986), Special Operations Executive[189]
- Major-General Keith Burch CB CBE (1931–2013)[190]
Navy
- Commander Willoughby Huddleston CMG (1866–1953), ADC to Lord Pentland, Governor of Madras (1912–19)[191] [192]
- Captain Thomas Oloff de Wet CBE (1869–1940), Principal Naval Transport Officer during the evacuation of Constantinople in 1923[193] [194]
- Rear Admiral Alfred Ransom CBE (1871–1953), senior officer in the Royal Navy[195] [196]
- Sir Ernest Whiteside Huddleston CIE CBE RIN (1874–1959), Aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India[108] [197]
- Captain Francis Walter Despard Twigg OBE (1883-1951), senior officer in the Royal Navy[198]
- Commander Herbert Newton OBE DL (1900–1973), Royal Navy Commander and Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
- Rear-Admiral Jack Kenneth Highton CB CBE (1904–1988), Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II[199]
- Captain Frederick Stovin-Bradford CBE DSC&Bar (1919–1974), Royal Navy Commander (Fleet Air Arm)[200]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Ted Horlick KBE (1925–2021), Director General of British Ships (1979–83), Chief Naval Engineer Officer (1981–83)[201]
Industry and commerce
- John Howard (1791–1878), industrialist, inventor of agricultural equipment and four times Mayor of Bedford[202]
- James Howard (1821–1889), industrialist and inventor of agricultural equipment. MP for Bedford[202]
- Sir Frederick Howard DL JP (1828–1915), industrialist[202] [203]
- Captain Charles Wells (1842–1914), founder of Charles Wells Ltd, progenitor of the Wells baronets of Felmersham[204]
- Sir George Farrar, 1st Baronet (1859–1915), mining magnate, politician and soldier[205] [206]
- Lt. Col. Henry Batten Huddleston OBE VD (1864–1944), Chief Agent and later a Director of the Burma Railways[207]
- Hon. Walter Nutt OBE (1874–1940), managing director of The Straits Trading Company (1918–21)[208]
- Sir Noel Mobbs KCVO OBE (1878–1959), founder of Slough Estates and High sheriff of Buckinghamshire[209] [210]
- E. E. Blake (1879–1961), Chairman of Kodak UK[50]
- E. E. Cammack AIA FAIA FCAS (1881–1958), prominent actuary in the USA[211] [212] [213]
- William Pickwoad OBE FRSA (1886–1975), prominent in South America's railway industry. Founding director of the Central Bank of Bolivia[33] [214]
- W. T. Godber CBE (1904–1981), authority on agriculture and agricultural engineering[36] [215]
- Sir Henry Cecil Johnson KBE (1906–1988), chairman of the British Railways Board (1968–71)[216]
- Alastair George MacKenzie CBE MC (1915–1989), prominent figure in South East Asian insurance during the 1960s and 1970s[217]
- Francis Coulson MBE (1919–1998), chef and hotelier[218] [219]
- Edward Roy Kent CBE (1920–2009), estate owner and agriculturalist in the Caribbean[220]
- Lt.-Col. Ray Daniels MC (1923–2003), Chief Executive of the William Press Group[221]
- Max Wideman (born 1927), expert in project management[222]
- Sir Anthony Hartwell, 6th Baronet (born 1940), Master mariner and Marine surveyor[223] [224]
- John Quenby (born 1941), Chief Executive of the RAC Motor Sports Association (1990–2001)[225]
- Andrew Stuart Winckler (1949–2007), Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority (1996–98)[36] [226]
- Adrian Penfold OBE MRTPI FRSA (born 1952), Head of Planning at British Land, adviser to the UK Government[227]
- Graham Clive Watts OBE MCMI FRSA FRIBA (born 1956), Chief Executive of the Construction Industry Council[228]
- Richard Bradbury CBE (born 1956), Chief Executive of River Island (2008–11), director of Boden (2012–)[229]
- Angus Knowles-Cutler (born 1962), senior partner at Deloitte[230]
- Steve Melton (born 1962), Chief Executive of Exemplar Health Care[231] [232]
- Nick Blofeld (born 1964), managing director of Epsom Downs Racecourse (2007–09), Chief Executive of Bath Rugby (2009–14)[36]
- Marcus Weldon (born 1968), 13th President of Bell Labs
Journalism
- William Fairbridge JP (1863–1943), founder of the Rhodesia Herald and the Bulawayo Chronicle, first mayor of Salisbury[90]
- Leonard Dudeney (1875–1956), newspaper editor (North China Daily News) and parliamentary correspondent (Daily Express and Daily Sketch)[233] [234]
- Albert Powtrill Ager (1876–1956), editor, manager and publisher of The Straits Times[235]
- Gaston Hanet Archambault (1877–1951), correspondent at The New York Times[236] [237]
- Lindsay Bashford OBE (1881–1921), Literary Editor of the Daily Mail[238]
- Richard Capell OBE MM (1885–1954), music critic for the Daily Mail (1911–33) and the Daily Telegraph (1933–54)[239] [240]
- George Matthews (1917–2005), leading communist and editor of the Daily Worker/Morning Star from 1959 to 1974[241]
- Eric Litchfield (1920–1982), sports editor of The Rand Daily Mail (1956–1970), the Cape Times (1970–82) and author[36]
- Jon Akass (1933–1990), Fleet Street columnist[242] [243] [244]
- Sir Nicholas Lloyd (born 1942), newspaper editor, News of the World (1984) and the Daily Express (1986–95)[245]
- Michael Toner (born 1944), leader writer at the Sunday Express and Daily Mail. Author and novelist[36]
- Christopher Wilson (born 1947), journalist and Royal biographer[36]
- Nicholas Shaxson (born 1966), author, journalist and associate fellow of Chatham House (Treasure Islands)[246]
- Ben Anderson (born 1975), television reporter, journalist and writer (Holidays in the Axis of Evil)[36]
Law
- Alfred Clare (1851–1912), District Registrar of the High Court of Justice[247]
- William Robert Bousfield KC FRS (1854–1943), expert on patent law[3]
- Sir William Tudball (1866–1943). Puisne judge of the High Court of Allahabad (1909–1922)[248] [249]
- Sir Sidney Abrahams KC (1885–1957), Chief Justice of Tanganyika and Ceylon[250]
- Sir Clement Thornton Hallam (1891–1965), Solicitor to the General Post Office[251]
- Dr James Mould QC (1893–1958), Queen's Counsel, Bencher of Gray's Inn and a Fellow of University College London[252] [253]
- Rowland Thomas Lovell Lee (1920–2005), Recorder of the Crown Court (1979–92)[254]
- Stephen John Wooler CB (born 1948), HM Chief Inspector to the Crown Prosecution Service (1999–2010)[255]
- Nicholas Stewart KC (born 1947), King's Counsel, Bencher of the Inner Temple and Deputy High Court Judge[256]
- Hon. Tim Lord KC (born 1966), King's Counsel and Bencher of the Inner Temple[257]
Literature
- William Hale White (1831–1913), author known by his pseudonym Mark Rutherford[258] [259]
- Neil Wynn Williams (1864–1940), novelist, writer and contributor of short stories and articles to periodicals and journals[260]
- George Moreby Acklom (1870–1959), writer, literary editor of E.P. Dutton, father of the Hollywood actor David Manners[261] [262]
- Sir Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961), author of Augustus Carp, Esq. and several other satirical novels[263]
- Eric Temple Bell, (1883–1960), science fiction author (as John Taine)[264]
- David Scott Daniell (1906–1965), author, playwright and regimental historian[33]
- Christopher Fry (1907–2005), poet and playwright. Awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1962[265]
- Gordon Thomas (1933–2017), investigative journalist and author (Gideon's Spies, The Pope's Jews)[266]
- John Andrews (born 1936), author and antiques writer[267]
- David Morse (born 1938), author on Motown, Romanticism and the Victorian era[36]
- Russell Ash (1946–2010), author (The Top 10 of Everything)[268]
- S.I. Martin (born 1961), author, historian and journalist specialising in Black British history and literature[269] [270]
- Stephen May (born 1964), novelist, playwright and TV writer[271]
- Toby Litt (born 1968), author (Beatniks, Corpsing, Finding Myself, Journey into Space)[36]
Medicine
- Samuel Hoppus Adams MRCS MD MB (1835–1895), surgeon and physician[272]
- George Cleghorn (1850–1902), President of the New Zealand Medical Association[273]
- Walter Jessop FRCS (1852–1917), Ophthalmic Surgeon at St Bartholomew's, President of the UK Ophthalmological Society[274] [275] [276]
- Major-General Harold Percy Waller Barrow CB CMG OBE DSO (1856–1957), Honorary Surgeon to King George V[277] [278]
- Major-General George Francis Angelo Harris CSI FRCP (1856–1931), Honorary Surgeon to King George V and the Viceroy of India[279] [280] [281]
- Rickard William Lloyd MRCS LRCPEd (1859–1933), Consulting Anaesthetist and author[282] [283]
- Charles Hubert Roberts FRCS FRCP (1865–1929), Obstetrician and Gynaecologist[284] [285] [286]
- Claud Alley Worth FRCS (1869–1936), ophthalmologist, inventor of the Worth 4 dot test and Worth's Ambyloscope, world authority on squint[55] [287]
- Frank Atcherley Rose FRCS (1873–1935), surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital (1928–31)[288] [289] [290]
- Thomas Shepherd Novis FRCS (1874–1962), Professor of Surgery at Grant Medical College, Bombay[291]
- Major-General Harold Rothery Nutt FRCS (1876–1953), Honorary Surgeon to King George V and the Viceroy of India[292] [293]
- Cyril Arthur Bennett Horsford FRCS (1876–1953), Laryngologist to the Royal College of Music[294] [295] [296]
- John Wycliffe Linnell FRCP MC (1878–1967), Consulting Physician[297] [298] [299]
- Sir Henry Howarth Bashford FRCP (1880–1961), Honorary Physician to King George VI[263] [300]
- Sir Adolphe Abrahams OBE FRCP (1883–1967), Olympic Medical Officer from 1912[55] [301] [302]
- H. L. D. Kirkham (1887–1949), first Professor of Plastic Surgery at Baylor University, Texas, recipient of the US Legion of Merit[303]
- Frank Cook FRCS FRCOG (1888–1972), Beit Fellow, obstetric and gynaecological surgeon[304] [305] [306]
- Basil Laver MS FRCS (1894–1934), surgeon[307] [308]
- Arkyl Staveley Gough OBE OStJ FRCS (1900–1990), surgeon[309] [310]
- Professor Anthony Andreasen FRSE FRCSE FICS (1906–1986), surgeon to the Viceroy of India[311] [312]
- Sir George Edward Godber GCB (1908–2009), Chief Medical Officer for HM Government in England (1960–73)[313] [314]
- William Edward Lancaster CBE AM (1909–2003), Chief Executive of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia[55]
- Professor Joseph Graeme Humble CVO FRCP FRCPath (1913–1980), Professor of Haematology at Westminster Hospital[315] [316] [317]
- Professor Ernest Cotchin FRCVS FRCPath (1917–1988), Professor of Veterinary Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College (1963-1982)[311] [318]
- Dr Richard Norman Smith FRCVS (1926–1988), President of the British Veterinary Association between 1975 and 1976.[311] [319]
- Professor Michael Tynan MD FRCP (born 1934), Professor of Paediatric Cardiology at Guy's Hospital (1982–99)[320] [321]
- Dr Vaughan Southgate OBE DL FZS FRSM FLS FSB (born 1944), parasitologist[322] [323]
- Professor John Clibbens FRSocMed (born 1953), Professor of Developmental Psychology at Birmingham City University[324]
- Dr Harry Brünjes FRSocMed (born 1954), Chairman of Premier Medical Group[325]
- Professor Mark Woodhead FRCP FERS (born 1954), world authority on lung infection and pneumonia[326]
- Dr Ian Martin Wylie FRSM (born 1955), Chief Executive of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists[327]
- Michael Trudgill FAsMA FRAeS (born 1966), Chief Medical Officer at the UK Civil Aviation Authority[328] [329]
Music
- Roland Bocquet (1878–1956), composer, Professor of Music Theory at Dresden Conservatory[33] [330]
- Cyril Gell ARCO LRAM FGSM (1909–1994), musician, conductor of the BBC Singers and former professor at the Guildhall School of Music[33]
- Derek Scott (1921–2006), composer and music director for film and television (The Muppet Show)[331]
- Gordon Langford (1930–2017), brass band and orchestral music composer, arranger and performer (Return of the Jedi, Superman II)[332]
- Paul Paviour OAM FRCO (1931–2024), composer, organist and conductor based in Australia[36]
- Tim Souster (1943–1994), composer[333]
- Justin Lavender (born 1951), operatic tenor and professor of vocal studies at the Royal College of Music[334]
- Paul Christison Edwards (born 1955), organist and composer of music for the Anglican Church[335]
- Nicholas Carthy (born 1957), Conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (1993–96), Professor of Music at the University of Colorado[36]
- Michael Hext (born 1961), inaugural winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition[336]
- Max Richter (born 1966), composer[337]
- Don Broco, band[338]
- Segun Akinola (born 1993), composer and music director for film and television (Doctor Who)[339] [340]
Public office
Home
- James Howard (1821–1889), Liberal MP[202]
- William Robert Bousfield KC FRS (1854–1943), Conservative MP[3]
- Arthur Pedley CB (1859–1943), senior civil servant[341]
- Arthur Sheppard MVO (1862–1944), Private Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1902–1928)[108] [342]
- Sir Archibald Dennis Flower (1865–1950). Chairman of the Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare's birthplace[343]
- Colonel John Alfred Lawrence Billingham CBE FRICS (1868–1955), Chief Inspector of Works, War Office (1928–33)[344]
- Edmund Dene Morel (1873–1924), Labour MP[345]
- Major F. R. Phipps OBE A.M. Inst. C.E. F.S.I. (1875–1927), Senior Engineering Inspector at the Ministry of Transport, 1924 to 1927[346]
- Sir Ralph Endersby Harwood KCB KCVO CB CBE (1883–1951). Financial Secretary to three Kings (1935–37)[347]
- Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt CB (1888–1965), Under-Secretary at HM Treasury (1946–48)[348]
- Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935), Liberal MP[33]
- Sir Laurence George Gale CB OBE (1905–1969). Controller, Royal Ordnance Factories[349]
- Hugh Chaplin CB (1905–1996), Principal Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum[350] [351]
- Jack Morton CMG OBE (1911–1985). Assistant Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Defence (1968–71)[352] [353]
- Philip Lionel Burton CBE (1914–1996), Head of the Civil Service Pay Research Unit between 1963 and 1971[313]
- Arthur Jones (1915–1991), Conservative MP. Mayor of Bedford[354]
- Edgar William Boyles (1921–2001), Under-Secretary at the Inland Revenue (1975–81)[355]
- Tony Hart CBE (1923–2009), leader of Kent C.C. during the development of the Channel Tunnel, Eurostar and the Dartford Bridge[356]
- Colonel Brian Ernest Maitland Prophet OBE TD DL (1928–2004), Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire[36]
- Sir Stanley John Odell (1929–2021), former Chairman of the National Union of Conservative Constituency Associations[357]
- Sir Keith Speed DL (1934–2018), Conservative MP. Undersecretary of State for Defence (1979–81)[358] [359]
- Jeffery John Mumford Speed CBE FRSA FInstLM FRGS (born 1936) was Director of Fundraising at Conservative Central Office[360]
- Rev. Canon Jeffrey James West OBE FRSA (born 1950), Inspector of Historic Buildings, English Heritage (1983–86)[361]
- Patrick Hall (born 1951), Labour MP[362]
- Nick Hawkins, (born 1957), former Conservative MP[363]
- Andrew Charles Gilchrist (born 1960), former General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union[364]
- Nicolas John "Nick" Gibb (born 1960), Conservative MP[365]
- Richard Fuller CBE (born 1962), Conservative MP[366]
- Matt Cavanagh (born 1971), special adviser to New Labour (2003–2010)[367]
Overseas
- Sir William Morgan KCMG (1828–1883), Premier of South Australia (1878–81)[86]
- Hon. Arthur Carter (1847–1917), businessman, Australian Consul to Norway, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council[368] [369] [370]
- Leonard Isitt (1855–1937), M.P. for the New Zealand Liberal Party and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council[371] [372]
- Charles Frederick Gale (1860–1928), senior Australian civil servant, Chief Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia[373]
- C. W. P. Douglas de Fenzi (1863–1927), Clerk to the Legislative Council of Natal[374]
- Henry George Graves ARSM (1864–1929), Controller of Patents and Designs in India between 1904 and 1919[375]
- Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton KCMG (1870–1952), President of the Commission for the Government of the Saar Basin[86] [376]
- Herbert George Billson CIE (1871–1938), Chief Conservator of Indian Forests, 1922–26[377] [378]
- Sir William Pell Barton KCIE CSI (1871–1956), Resident in Baroda (1919), Mysore (1920–25) and Hyderabad (1925–30)[379] [380]
- William McKinnell (1873–1939), politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada (1920–36)[381]
- Hon. Walter Nutt OBE (1874–1940), a member of the Federal Malay States Legislative council[382]
- John Richard Donovan Glascott CIE (1877–1938), Chief Engineer of the Burma Railways, Member of the Legislative Council of Burma[383] [384]
- Sir Robert Daniel Richmond CIE (1878–1948), Chief Conservator, Indian Woods and Forests[86] [385] [386]
- Archie Rose CIE FRGS (1879–1961), diplomat, explorer and businessman in China[387] [388]
- John Mervyn Dallas Wrench CIE (1883–1961), Chief Engineer of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway[389] [390] [391]
- Sir Francis Moncrieff Kerr-Jarrett (1885–1968), Custos Rotulorum of St James's, Jamaica[86] [392]
- Stanley Wyatt Smith (1887–1958), Consul-General of Manila (1938–42) and Honolulu (1943–44)[393] [394]
- Major-General Ronald Okeden Alexander CB DSO (1888–1949), Inspector General, Central Canada (1942–46)[86] [395]
- Charles Hawes CIE MC (1890–1963). Chief Engineer to the Government of Sind[396]
- Frederick Williamson CIE (1891–1935), Consul-General of Kashgar (1927–30)[397] [398]
- Reginald Philip Abigail (1892–1969), District Commissioner of Arakan during the fall of Burma in 1942[399] [400]
- Hon. Robert Skinner MBE (1893–1969), Federal Treasurer of the Leeward Islands[401]
- Bertram St. Leger Ten Broeke CIE MC (1895–1962), Deputy Inspector-General of the Indian Police in Bihar[402]
- W. D. Harverson OBE ARSM MIMM (1903–92), Commissioner of Mines in Kenya (1949–58) and Tanganyika (1958–62)[403]
- Walter Ian James Wallace CMG OBE (1905–1993), Assistant Undersecretary of State at the Colonial Office (1962–66)[86] [404]
- Sir Arthur Mooring KCMG (1908–1969), British Resident in Zanzibar (1959–1963)[86] [405] [406]
- Cyril Herbert Williams CMG OBE (1908–1983), Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province of Kenya (1951–56)[407]
- Roger Tancred Robert Hawkins GLM ICD (1915–1980), Rhodesian politician and member of Ian Smith's cabinet after Rhodesia's UDI[408] [409]
- Victor Yarnell (1919–2005), American politician, Democratic Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania (1968–1972)[86]
- Colonel Ian Cook OBE (1934–1994), Commander of the Vanuatu Mobile Police Force (1980–84)[36]
- Malcolm Geoffrey Hilson OBE (born 1942), High Commissioner of Vanuatu (1997–2000)[410]
- Paul Reddicliffe OBE (born 1945), British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia (1994–1997)[411]
- Michael Crowther (born 1952), CEO of the Indianapolis Zoo, founder of the Indianapolis Prize[36]
- Yang Berbahagia Datuk Wira Dr. Mohamed Farid Md Rafik DCSM (1976–2019), Malaysian politician[412]
Religion
- The Rt. Rev. William Toll (1843–1915), Suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (1911–15)[86]
- Canon Thomas Blyth DD (1844–1913), author and Commissary to the Archbishop of Ottawa and Bishops of Niagara[413] [414]
- The Rev. H.A. Lester MA (1873–1922), theologian, director of the Bishop of London's Sunday School Council (1911–1922)[415] [416]
- The Rev. Arthur Raley MC (1889–1964), Chaplain to Royal Air Force Command during World War II[417]
- The Ven. Thomas Dix ARCO (1908-1985), Archdeacon of Zanzibar[313]
- The Ven. Robert Brown MA (1914–2001), Archdeacon of Bedford (1974–79)[418]
- The Rev. Noel Stanton (1926–2009), founder of the Jesus Army[36]
- Dr Bryan W. Ball (born 1935), theologian, former President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific[419]
- Dennis Frederick Orme (born 1938), former leader of Unification Churches in England, theologian and author[420]
- The Rt. Rev. Tony Robinson (born 1956), Bishop of Wakefield[421]
Sport
Art
Athletics
Chess
Cricket
- Arthur Jones (1872–1914), Captained the England cricket team. Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1900[432]
- Lionel Brown (1872–1938), cricketer[433]
- Arthur Jervois Turner (1878–1952), cricketer and rugby union player[108] [125]
- Sir Robert Daniel Richmond (1878–1948), played cricket for Jamaica[434]
- Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner (1881–1948), cricketer[435]
- Arthur Cantrell (1883–1954), cricketer[436] [437]
- Norman Oliver CavA (1886–1948), played cricket for Bedfordshire and Brazil[438] [439]
- Frederick Charles William Newman (1896–1966), cricketer[434]
- Basil Rogers (1896–1975), cricketer[440]
- Ernest Dynes CBE (1903–1968), cricketer[434]
- Maurice Pugh OBE (1903–1986), cricketer[441]
- Arthur Grenfell Coomb (1929–2022), cricketer[434]
- Bob Gale (1933–2018), cricketer[442]
- Geoff Millman (1934–2005), England cricketer[442]
- Graham Jarrett (1937–2004), cricketer[434]
- Peter David Watts (born 1938), cricketer[434]
- Peter Kippax (1940–2017), cricketer[442]
- Andrew Curtis (born 1943), cricketer[443] [444]
- Alan Fordham (born 1964), cricketer[434] [445]
- Neil Stanley (1968-2024), cricketer[36]
- Andrew Trott (born 1968), cricketer[36]
- Paul Owen (born 1969) played cricket for Canada[36]
- Matthew White (born 1969), cricketer[36]
- Kelvin Locke (born 1980), cricketer[36]
- Oliver Clayson (born 1980), cricketer[36]
- Jamie Wade (born 1981), cricketer[36]
- Monty Panesar (born 1982), England cricketer. Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2007[36]
- Richard King (born 1984), cricketer[36]
- Robin Kemp (born 1984), cricketer[446]
- Matthew Taylor (born 1999), cricketer[447]
Football
- James Oswald Anderson (1872–1932), footballer for Lomas Athletic Club and Argentina, cricketer for Hertfordshire[448]
- Andrew Ralston (1880–1950), footballer (Spurs and Watford). FA administrator[449]
- Eric Litchfield (1920–1982), footballer (Newcastle United F.C., Leeds United F.C.)[450]
- Gordon Brice (1924–2003), cricketer and footballer (Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Reading, Fulham)[451]
- Pemi Aderoju (born 2005), footballer for Peterborough United F.C.[452]
Hockey
Rallying
Rowing
- Sir Archibald Dennis Flower (1865–1950), rowed for Cambridge in the 1886 Boat Race[455]
- William Mansfield Poole (1871–1946), rowed for Oxford in the 1891 Boat Race[456]
- Sir George Edward Godber GCB (1908–2009), rowed for Oxford in the 1928 and 1929 Boat Races[313]
- Tony Leadley (born 1928), rowed for the United Kingdom and for Cambridge in the 1953 Boat Race[457]
- Peter Knapp (born 1949), rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics[458]
- John Yallop (born 1949), rower who won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal[457]
- Neil Keron (born 1953), rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics[457]
- Tim Foster MBE (born 1970), rower who won a Gold Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[36]
- David Gillard (born 1971), rowed for Great Britain and also for Cambridge in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 Boat Races[459]
- Rod Chisholm (born 1974), rower who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics[460]
Rugby
- Horace William Finlinson (1871–1956), England Rugby International[432]
- Wardlaw Brown Thomson (1871–1921), England Rugby International[432]
- Lt.-Col. Edgar Mobbs DSO (1882–1917), England Rugby International, Captained England and Northampton[432]
- Arthur Gilbert Bull (1890–1963), England Rugby International[432]
- Dick Stafford (1893–1912), England Rugby International[432]
- Harold Lindsay Vernon Day (1898–1972), England Rugby International who also played first class cricket for Hampshire[432]
- G.T. 'Beef' Dancer (1911–1991), rugby player who participated in the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa[461]
- Dickie Jeeps CBE (1930–2016), England Rugby International, Captained England and the British Lions[432]
- Lionel Edward Weston (born 1947), England Rugby International[432]
- Mark Denney (born 1975), rugby union player as centre for Bristol, Castres and Wasps[36]
- Henry Staff (born 1991), rugby union player who played for RFU Championship side, Bedford Blues[462]
Rugby fives
Swimming
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- Underwood, p. 258
- The Eagle, The Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol. III (1888), p. 243
- The Eagle, The Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol. XXVII, no. 2 (1949), p. 135
- Web site: subscription. Green, Joseph Reynolds, (died 3 June 1914), Fellow and Lecturer of Downing College, Cambridge; Hartley Lecturer in Vegetable Physiology, University of Liverpool. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U186567. 978-0-19-954089-1.
- Web site: subscription. Hillhouse, William, (17 Dec. 1850–27 Jan. 1910), Professor of Botany, University of Birmingham (retired); Chairman Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society, and Director of Botanical Gardens; Member Education Committee, Leicestershire County Council. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U187112. 978-0-19-954089-1.
- Obituary: Edward Mann Langley, by E. T. Bell and J. P. Kirkman, The Mathematical GazetteVol. 17, No. 225 (Oct., 1933), pp. 225-229
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- Obituary in The Gazette, R.J. DURLEY M.B.E., DIES IN 81st YEAR - Former McGill Professor of Mechanical Engineering Was Widely Known, p. 3
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- Obituary in The Times, Dr. G.C. Dunning, Work on Medieval Pottery, 28 April 1978, p.18
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- Web site: subscription. Grimes, Prof. William Francis, (31 Oct. 1905–25 Dec. 1988), Director of the Institute of Archæology, and Professor of Archæology, University of London, 1956–73. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U164833. 978-0-19-954089-1.
- Web site: Frederick Emmison. oxforddnb.com. 29 May 2015.
- Book: Essays to a young teacher. 1966. Howat. Gerald Malcolm David.
- News: Ramsay Shearman obituary. www.thetimes.co.uk.
- Obituary, Dr Brian Glüss, Eagle News, The Magazine of the Old Bedford Modernians' Club, New Series, Volume 6, Number 3 (Issue 110), January 2015
- Web site: subscription. Pearson, Prof. John Richard Anthony, (born 18 Sept. 1930), Scientific Consultant, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, 1996–2019 (Scientific Adviser, 1982–95); Chairman, Pearson Publishing Group, 1993–2018. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U45688. 978-0-19-954088-4.
- Underwood, p. 259
- Web site: subscription. Bartholomew, Prof. David John, (6 Aug. 1931–16 Oct. 2017), Professor of Statistics, London School of Economics, 1973–96, then Emeritus (Pro-Director, 1988–91). WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U6689. 978-0-19-954088-4.
- Web site: subscription. Bean, Prof. Philip Thomas, (born 24 Sept. 1936), Professor of Criminology and Director, Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, 1990–2003, now Emeritus Professor. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U6924. 978-0-19-954088-4.
- School of the Black and Red-A History of Bedford Modern School, by Andrew Underwood (1981) ; reset and updated by Boon, Middleton and Wildman, 2010
- Web site: subscription. Pickett, Prof. George Richard, Professor of Low Temperature Physics, University of Lancaster, 1988, now Distinguished Professor. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U30829. 978-0-19-954088-4.
- Web site: Sid Gray. sydney.edu.au. 30 January 2015.
- Book: subscription. Who Was Who. 978-0-19-954089-1. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U45794. Britnell, Prof. Richard Hugh, (21 April 1944–17 Dec. 2013), Professor of History, University of Durham, 1997–2003, then Professor Emeritus. 2007.
- News: Richard Britnell obituary. Christopher. Dyer. The Guardian . 26 December 2013. 30 June 2019. www.theguardian.com.
- Web site: Prof Sir Peter Knight, FRS Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today. debretts.com. 30 January 2015.
- Web site: subscription. Knight, Prof. Sir Peter Leonard, (born 12 Aug. 1947), Professor of Quantum Optics, 1988–2010, now Emeritus, Senior Principal, 2008–09, and Deputy Rector (Research), 2009–10, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine; Senior Fellow in Residence (formerly Principal), Kavli Royal Society International Centre, Chicheley Hall, 2010–19. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U23334. 978-0-19-954088-4.
- Obituary in The Times, 13 February 2007
- Web site: Archived copy . 22 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184340/http://www.bhvt.org.uk/wwcse.pdf . 23 September 2015 . dead .
- Eagle News, The Magazine of Old Bedford Modernians, Number 53, Summer 1986, p.14
- Web site: Goan Voice UK: supplement on : Dr Gavin D'Costa. goanvoice.org.uk. 30 January 2015.
- Web site: subscription. Wothers, Peter David, (born 21 Jan. 1969), Teaching Fellow, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry (formerly Department of Chemistry), University of Cambridge, since 1996; Fellow, and Director of Studies, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, since 1997. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U258574. 978-0-19-954088-4.
- Eagle News, The Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Summer 2019 p. 35
- Obituary, Mr. Ernest Blake, The Times, 18 July 1961, p.15
- Web site: International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38. Mocavo. 1 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701093233/http://www.mocavo.co.uk/International-Motion-Picture-Almanac-1937-38-Volume-1937-38/705462/122. 1 July 2015. dead.
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- Obituary in The Times, MR GILLIE POTTER, Comedian of an individual nature, 5 March 1975, p.16
- Web site: subscription. Berkeley, Captain Reginald Cheyne, (1890–30 March 1935). WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U206021. 978-0-19-954089-1.
- Underwood, p. 260
- News: Obituary: Robert Luff. Anthony Hayward. The Guardian. 30 January 2015. 2009-04-19.
- Web site: Derek Scott. The Stage. 30 January 2015. 2006-07-10.
- Web site: Full Document – ProQuest Learning: Literature. proquestlearning.com. 30 January 2015.
- Obituary in Eagle News, The Magazine of the Old Bedford Modernians' Club, Issue 113, Summer 2016, p.24
- Web site: David Firth, Esq Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today. debretts.com. 30 January 2015.
- Obituary in The Times, 3 November 2020
- Web site: Bristol University – Public and Ceremonial Events Office – Dr Julian Hector. bristol.ac.uk. 13 May 2015.
- Millennium Eagle, Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Winter 1999, reprinted (with amendments) August 2004, p.42
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- Obituary in The Times, Mr. G.L. Stampa, 28 May 1951, p.6
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